Non-standard Ethereum: Tracing

Debug API & Trace Module

Introduction

Geth's debug and txpool APIs and OpenEthereum's trace module provide non-standard RPC methods for deeper insight into transaction processing. Some of these non-standard RPC methods are supported as part of Phron's goal of providing a seamless Ethereum experience for developers. Supporting these RPC methods is an essential milestone because many projects like The Graph rely on them to index blockchain data.

This guide will cover the supported RPC methods available on Phron and how to invoke them using curl commands against a tracing node with the debug, txpool, and tracing flags enabled. You can access a tracing node in one of two ways: through a supported tracing RPC provider or by spinning up a tracing node of your own.

To view a list of tracing RPC providers, please check out the Network Endpoints page.